Hikone Castle Museum

Description

Approximately 35,000 ancestral artifacts of the Ii Clan are on display inside the restored front hall of Hikone Castle. This building houses countless cultural properties and displays the Genre Scene (The Hikone Screen), a national treasure, on a limited-time basis.

Location Information

• Address

  1-1, Konkicho, Hikone-shi, Shiga, 522-0061

• Nearest Station

  Hikone Station
  ･ JR Tokaido Line
  ･ JR Biwako Line
  14 minutes on foot

• Phone Number

  0749-22-6100

  Available languages

  only in Japanese

• Hours

  8:30am - 4:30pm

• Closed

  None
  *Closed December 25 – 31*Certain exhibition rooms are closed when the exhibitions are being changed

Original source: ©Shobunsha Publications Inc.

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